It takes a strong woman to stay by herself, in a world where people will settle for anything just to say they have something.
The strongest person is the person who isn’t scared to be alone.
It’s an entire world of just 64 squares. I feel safe in it. I can control it, I can dominate it. And it’s predictable. So, if I get hurt, I only have myself to blame.[about a chessboard]
You know, most times when people tell us something’s for the best, it’s for the worst.
It’s much easier to play chess without the burden of an Adam’s apple.
What you know is not always what’s important.
I want to play the best.
Anger is a potent spice. A pinch wakes you up, too much dulls your senses.
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Though I’m no longer a wife, except by a legal fiction, I believe I can learn to be a mother.[to Beth]
It’s chess. We’re all prima donnas.[Beth Harmon: You think I’m a prima donna, don’t you?]
I’m not your guardian angel. I’m not here to save you. Hell, I can barely save me.
For a time, I was all you had. And for a time, you was all I had. We weren’t orphans. Not as long as we had each other.
